I-84 WATERBURY PROJECTS
ROUTE 8/I-84 MIXMASTER REHABILITATION
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weekly traffic impacts
Traffic Impacts - Week of may 19, 2024
project notifications
Nighttime Closure of Exit 35 (Former U-Turn, Route 8 and Route 73): May 19th - May 24th
Motorists are advised that the Route 8 Northbound Exit 35 exit ramp and the Route 73 entrance ramp to Route 8 Southbound will be closed nightly from 10:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., beginning Sunday, May 19, 2024, through Friday, May 24, 2024. These nighttime closures are required for milling and paving associated with the restoration of Exit 35. Please follow the posted detour routes.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing a stage shift change on Route 8 Northbound along Exit 35. During the overnight hours of May 6, 2024, traffic on the Exit 35 on and off ramps to Route 8 will be shifted from the right side of the ramps to the left side. This stage change will allow our contractors to complete restoration efforts to Exit 35 after the removal of the u-turn. The work on Exit 35 is expected to be completed by the end of May. Thank you for your patience while we improve the road and bridge network in the greater Waterbury area.
Press Releases
UTurn Closure Reestablishment of Exit 35 on Route 8 Northbound in Waterbury (ct.gov)
information on "The New Mix" (I-84/Route 8 interchange replacement)
in the NEWS
news story: Driving safety
Reckless on our roads – NBC Connecticut
New Law for Connecticut
Public Act 23-51 will see the Department of Transportation introduce "wrong-way driver countermeasures" on at least 120 highway exit ramps deemed "high risk." The tech will alert motorists with flashing lights when they are going in the wrong direction, and also notify law enforcement. The legislation directs UConn to begin testing the use of directional rumble strips that alert drivers through vibration and sound when driving the wrong way. A pilot program will also broadcast alerts about a wrong-way driver’s presence on electronic highway message boards.
Wrong-way driving crashes in Connecticut tripled in 2022. This includes 13 wrong-way crashes that resulted in 23 deaths, compared to four wrong-way crashes in 2021 and two in 2020. Click here for more information.
Check out the video made by our own crew explaining the project in detail:
PROJECT NEWSLETTERS
PROJECT NEWSLETTER - september 2022
PROJECT NEWSLETTER - JUNE 2022
PROJECT NEWSLETTER - january 2022
PROJECT NEWSLETTER - JUNE 2021
PROJECT NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY 2021
Project Newsletter - october 2020
Project Newsletter - June 2020
GO ORANGE DAY
The Mixmaster Rehabilitation Project Team day and night crew got together to celebrate Go Orange Day. This initiative strives to bring awareness to the many people who die each year in work zone accidents.
TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
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check out what's happening:
January 26, 2022: Our team placed individual boulders within an existing channel bed to improve aquatic habitat diversity through the river.
Check out the screed rail. This process (dry run) removes excess concrete and brings the top surface of the concrete to proper grade.
Check out the time-lapse video of our deck pour on Tuesday, May 26th on Route 8 northbound (Bridge 3190A)
Below, our project team is installing the bridge superstructure (deck) for Temporary Bridge No. 1 over the Naugatuck River. Temporary Bridge No. 1 is one of three temporary bridges being constructed as part of the Route 8 northbound temporary bypass.
If you have questions and would like to reach us immediately, please feel free to contact our field office at 203-639-2394.
